Church service prays following shootings

Sunday, December 16, 2012 5:04 PM

PORTLAND, OREGON-- The congregation of New Hope Church in Southeast Portland offered prayers during their Sunday service following the fatal shootings at the neighboring Clackamas Town Center and the Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. Dawn Maurer (center), 45, prays during the service. Maurer, a manager at Sbarro in Clackamas Town Center, was working at the front counter last Tuesday when the shooting started and retreated safely to a back room until the crisis was over. Photo by Randy L. Rasmussen/The Oregonian